A European woman came to grief when she crashed her mobility scooter into a steel bollard on her way to The Whakatane District Council last Wednesday. Mrs Woodcock was rapted with 6 Maori teenagers who rushed to her aide, to make sure she was okay after her crash. Lyn Woodcock said sheadmired the way one Maori youth scampered off to the District Council in search of a first aide kit while another youth immediately phoned for the ambulance when they saw she had been slightly injured. The elderly woman is full of praise for the group of Maori youth who stayed with her until she was taken home by ambulance staff.

Tera tetahi wahine Pakeha e neke ana ma runga i tona paihikara hiko hauā ki te whare o Te Kaunihera o Whakatane i tera Rapa ki muri ka tuki ia i tetahi pou rino. Otira kei te miharo a Lynn Woodcock o Kopeopeo ki nga taitamariki Maori tokoono i tae wawe ai ki a ia ki te kite i tona hauora i muri i tana tukinga. Ki nga korero a Lynn Woodcock tere rawa tetahi o nga taiohi Maori ki te whai atu he pouaka tākai ora i te whare o Te Kaunihera me tetahi o aua taitamariki i tuku waea atu ki te waka whenua turoro kia hau ki te wahine Pakeha e whara ana. Kei te mihimihi te kuia Pakeha nei ki te kahui taiohi Maori i piri tonu ki a ia kia hoki rano ia ki tona kāinga ma taua waka whenua turoro.